139: New skill acquired after filming wrapped! Assistant: Why does Brother Xu's voice sound so much better?

“Cut! Everyone take a break where you are. CEO Xu, please come take a look!”

Assistant Director Lao Zhou shouted ‘Cut’ again, and then signaled to Xu Lu.

Xu Lu nodded and walked over, instantly switching from ‘Protagonist Mode’ to ‘chief director’ Mode.

He communicated with Lao Zhou in front of the camera for a while, then nodded with a serious expression.

The Actors resting in place were already accustomed to this scene.

Although they had their own scripts, they didn’t fully understand the overall development of the plot, so they didn't yet know what Xu Lu's nod meant.

However, Assistant Director Lao Zhou quickly revealed the meaning.

He clapped his hands and announced loudly with some excitement:

“Everyone, everyone, quiet down! I have some happy news to share. Our ‘summers melancholy’ crew, right here, right now... is officially wrapped!”

As soon as these words were spoken, all the Actors were momentarily stunned into silence, and then burst into cheers:

“That's great! We wrapped up! This past month was really tough, but also quite enjoyable!”

“I don't know why, but hearing the word ‘wrap-up’ suddenly makes me feel a little reluctant to leave...”

“Ah, it's true. I suddenly feel a bit lost. I have to say, this is the most relaxed crew I've ever worked with.”

“I wonder when Director Xu's next movie will be greenlit. I really want to keep filming with him...”

...“The filming is done, but I wonder how the finished product will turn out, even though the shooting process was quite funny!”

“I trust CEO Xu's vision and capability. Our movie is definitely going to be excellent!”

“No doubt! Everyone has seen CEO Xu's acting skills. Honestly, with him leading us, I feel like my own acting has improved.”

“It's true. It's easiest when acting opposite CEO Xu; he can perfectly guide your emotional fluctuations...”

“I don't know why, I suddenly have a feeling that I'm going to become famous. Our movie will certainly be a huge hit!”

...Everyone in the crew was discussing animatedly. On the other side, after Lao Zhou announced the wrap-up, he handed the authority back to Xu Lu, the chief director.

Everyone else's eyes converged, wanting to hear what CEO Xu, this man of many roles, had to say.

After all, during this month of filming, Xu Lu's acting skills, directing ability, and dedication had earned everyone's recognition.

Xu Lu looked at everyone present, smiled, and said:

“First, I want to thank everyone for their hard work and dedication over the past month. Without you, ‘summers melancholy’ would not have come to fruition... Second, I hope everyone gives themselves a round of applause now. Your performance during the filming process was outstanding, and as the chief director, I must commend you all.

Finally, since the movie has wrapped, even though the release date is still some time away, that doesn't stop us from celebrating. I've already asked Director Tang to book a restaurant. Tonight, we drink until we drop!”

Oh! Hearing that last sentence, everyone cheered again.

Indeed, everyone's nerves had been quite strained during this month of filming. Now that the movie was wrapped, they certainly needed to celebrate properly.

Xu Lu was not stingy in this regard.

After all, for others, wrapping up is just wrapping up, signifying the end of the filming stage of a movie.

But for Xu Lu, wrapping up was more than just wrapping up, because he also had system rewards waiting to be claimed.

That's right!

The moment he asked Lao Zhou to announce the wrap-up of ‘summers melancholy’, the system reward notification arrived.

Xu Lu immediately checked the attribute panel in his mind and found that new rewards had indeed appeared:

[System Owner: Xu Lu]

[Films Participated In: summers melancholy]

[Film Type: Comedy Film]

[Film Comprehensive Rating: S]

[Role Contribution Rating: S]

[Do you want to extract the film-related Skill 'Singing Mastery'?]

[Note: For every film, there are three chances to change the extracted skill. Once a skill is abandoned, it cannot be extracted again. Please use each chance carefully!]

[Because the System Owner achieved the 'Double S Rating Achievement' for the first time in this film, Reward 'Memory Capsule *1' is granted. Do you want to extract immediately?]

[Because the System Owner achieved the 'Self-Directing and Self-Starring Achievement' for the first time in this film, Reward 'Life Elixir *1' is granted. Do you want to extract immediately?]

“Just as I thought, the reward after finishing this shoot is indeed a music-related skill!”

Looking at the words 'Singing Mastery', Xu Lu murmured to himself:

“Now that I have the Singing Mastery skill, I can finally bring out those songs from the movie.”

Yes! The reason Xu Lu had delayed releasing those songs was that he was waiting to acquire the skill after filming was complete, making their release logical.

As for why he was able to predict the content of this reward, it was actually quite simple.

‘summers melancholy’ is a Comedy Film itself. Generally speaking, system rewards are either related to the film genre or directly derived from the protagonist's abilities.

There aren't many skills related to the ‘Comedy’ genre, but the protagonist ‘summer fall's ability is very clear: musical talent.

Another factor was that the reward system offers three chances to choose whether or not to extract a skill, and Xu Lu judged that he had a high probability of drawing a music-related skill.

Sure enough, the most needed skill, 'Singing Mastery', was immediately acquired!

With a weight lifted off his mind, Xu Lu then turned his attention to the items in the reward notification that he hadn't seen before.

“‘Double S Rating Achievement’ must refer to the Film Comprehensive Rating and the Role Contribution Rating. I didn't expect that achieving S in both would result in an unexpected bonus, and an item type at that!”

Xu Lu looked quite pleased.

Just by looking at the name ‘Memory Capsule’, he knew this thing must be related to memory.

“‘Self-Directing and Self-Starring Achievement’ is even simpler and clearer. It obviously means that in ‘summers melancholy’, I was not only the director but also the Lead Actor.

It's just that I don't know what this ‘Life Elixir’ is for; it looks quite impressive. Should I extract these two rewards immediately?”

Xu Lu thought about it and decided to postpone the idea for now; the location was too crowded and unsuitable.

However, he didn't need to wait for the 'Singing Mastery' skill, so he chose to extract it immediately.

Instantly, various singing knowledge began pouring into his brain, being digested and absorbed.

At the same time, Xu Lu felt a tingling in his throat, but fortunately, this sensation only lasted for a few seconds.

Afterwards, Xu Lu had the illusion that his throat had been ‘disassembled and then reconstructed.’

“Brother Xu, everyone is ready. Should we go have fun now?”

Just then, Little Assistant Zhao Ting walked over and asked.

“Alright, let's go now!” Hearing this, Xu Lu replied casually.

The Little Assistant, having received the reply, suddenly paused, feeling puzzled:

“Why does Brother Xu's speaking voice sound even better than before?”